... A PORTSMOUTH VESSEL IN CO.LLISI0N. all for1 In the Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice diei pla nitet on Thursday, before Sir R. J. 1'hill-imore, with Captains of nui- Were and Weller as assessors, an aetion of collision was . tried. lt was en notion brought by Edward Beale and dec able ethers, the owners ~of the C/sesspieo, aL cutter-rigged. ketcth e t inof 77 tens register, and ...

... THlE COST'' OlP ?? ELLC'ItRIC LICHT, |a qrdE .. ~I I . l 1. .- - , I . . .. - ?? . ?? A .. . . . . i A I At te lst teciegof I he S-aiciAtv of Arta a pape'r 011 rdcctric lighting was. read 1I. Mr. J. N. 6haoolbreil ?? C.E.Teobctfth thrwtto1eei oirslt of the applie~ltioan of ?? lighting to iiadtustriail jilt1 pocsel, especiailiv as regmaraba ...

... tE Ige in [BY TELEGRAPH.] ently HOUSE OF COMMONS. Dr Jury THE MERCANTILE MARINE. offi corn- Answering Sir J. Watkin, the Mr. W. H. SMITIHe stated that steps had already been taken by which the Mercantile Marine might be made co eting available at short notice for the armed protection of our all I of a commerce at sea. He did not think legislation necessary by when for the purpose, but if it ...

... i uas (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORIRESPONDENT) h PALL MAILL, December 16. b Dther At last it has been decided to allow the Foxhound to IC and proweil to her station, Chiua,.so soon as sbe has completed tl with her ?? at Malta. It is now more than a year ago that hi why, she was commissioned for service in the China seas, but m I not circumstances rendered it advisable to tomporarily a bly detain ...

... POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE, At a largely- attende1d conference of South Staffordshire ironworkeis ?? Wtet ?? On Mon1day, thei foreign policy of the Utivermnient, was stronglv condenined as tendiug to aggravate the depression of trade. At a large nctin iz h -ld :it Bradford on Saturday, under the presidency of S-ic diattliw \Vilson, MP., letters from ~r. Forsfier, ?? Miir. 5 rjt-ant Simon l., Mr. ...

... THEE AFGHAN vV4rid. otary of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' received C PU E O PEIVAR KQTAL. tr ,he great -CAPTURE OF ?? KID__t_ as inform BRILLIANT VICTORY OF GENEMRAL gu !rom the ROBERTS. t P.It is Thuo special - correspondent of the DniiyyNetes tele- en read ~ncpbs the full text of General Roberts'c'-dapa~cb asfl aceeredJ. follows:- he PRDIWAR MOTUL, December 3rd.-1turned ...

... I 1 L; ?? %A4L ' .- FLIGHT OF THE AMBER. ho RELEASE' OF YAKOOB KHAN. th [ rtOM YESTERDAY'S DAILY N EWSV.] A' ALLAJAIDAD, Sumday, 12.10 ?? Arncecr Shere Ali has fled his capital wvith his family. It is stated that tb he is journeying towards Balkh with thu rotiring Russian 2E Mission. Yakoob Klhan remtiis Ibehind, free. Ul The country between Jellalabad and Cabul is in a con- dition of ...

... (, U I L, D 'O )l.D Aoa:.I LI UNAL i jti~-hu anus!la show of sautle 6wi - ?? - , pfgui1.. 11, rcoots, andi impleenitts took I of a,1 in Ioot'tay ',il'u ~ .Iay% at. the grounfag near the old t Pa' rt, all uiI print ed, ei iii ally speaking. a; decided onei- It- thle tilat ?? (if turk~s Of all claistse Of exhilitL t 1 v4I %-r ZOO.0 tutlttfiili4' It splendid large di splay ofi ~ a:: 'lli- hi d ...

... .- I k ?? - . . ?? 10 SIN' ULflthD. ifll. Mr. WIEBtoNSTEIR ?? for tomorrow (Sunday). bes- -Early Berince (8.30 ?? Deum and Jubilate, Wesley Reclt. -Second Servico (11.0 e.m.)-]lynin, 72; Sanctus, Kyrie, and Cup, creed, Porter ilD. Hymn before Sermon, 71.-EvealiS Service (3.30 p.m;)-llymn before Sermon, 375. megniisaut and Nunt Dimittle, port Coohlo In C. Antheut, t ce.lll a Virgia,. Handel. ...

... astern pohloy. a XJ I IMPEIRAL PARLIAMENT. 1.. -di HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY. gt Mr. Fry, introduced by Mr. Adam and Mr. S. Morley, m subscribed the oaths and took his seat for Bristol, in the di place of Mfr. Kirkman Hodgson, amid the cheers of the tr L.CL. NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS IN AFGHANISTAN. fe Mr. F. STANHOPE, informed Major Nolan that since di to hon. and gallant member had addressed a ...

... id by the iTBY TELEqOAPH.] A on t lair) CXoU~hj bj I 0 OMMONS. U Thc Speaker took the chair at four o'clock. TME DISTRESS IN TIlL COUNTRY. In reply to Mr. Hubbard, Mt, CROSS assumed that the Si distress referred to was antongst the poor, and was not EC . general commercial distress No one could sympathise i Morl mre than he and ?? government and the House with the a ul i the distress that did ...

... I I I I !day There was aI fair show of very fine shecep in the fort- ~for nightly market hero on Monday, appropfiate to the season. Co~ lica- The cattle exhibited embracedl between twenty and thirty ?? the well-grown SpnishW oxen, and although the pigs* E'crc not mit tof very numerous in the pens they were tail of A hecalthy of. the description. 'The business in the Corn Exehlange was tug11 ...